St. Bernards College 2013 Yearbook #1 | Page 107

Water Polo What a year for water polo! T he waterpolo team has had a few ups and down. With the cold weather they had colds as well as poor Johnny with his appendicitis operation. All the hard work paid off when the 2013 Senior Water Polo team won the Hutt Valley Schools competition by a stunning 10 goals to 2 over HIBS. This ended a great year for the team who also won the Wellington competition in Term 1. Sports & Cultural Their coach Joseph, who was over here from Hungary coaching the Hutt men's and under 20 NZ men's teams, drilled/ trained the boys every Tuesday and Thursday mornings between 7-8 a.m. at Huia pool. They followed this up with excellent performances at the recent North Island Championships and National Championships where St Bernard’s finished 5th and 7th respectively. This was the best result in recent years and our thanks goes to the coaching staff of Craig and Suzanne McGuinness and team manager Karen Saggers. Well done boys! High Honours Congratulations to Jerome McGuinness, Jack Ross and Mataio Pou who, following from their excellent performance at the National Championships, have been selected to trial for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Water Polo Team. St Bernard’s College 2013 105